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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of |
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students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.9772(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Each biennium [In each year], the governor and the |
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lieutenant governor may each appoint four [two] students and each |
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state senator and each state representative may appoint two |
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students [one student] to receive an initial scholarship under this |
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subchapter. If, during the initial academic year in which a student |
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is appointed under this subsection to receive a scholarship, the |
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student fails to maintain eligibility or otherwise meet the |
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requirements to continue receiving the scholarship, the elected |
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official who appointed the student may appoint another student |
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eligible under this subchapter to receive any available funds |
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designated for the student originally appointed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |